Problems with the Fill command

[David Thompson]

>   I have the commands "Field P" (P is the name of the
>   field.) Then the command fill "P".
>   The procedure stops when it encounters the fill
>   command, does not execute it, and presents a dialog
>    box that states "This number does not contain any
>   digits." I can go the menu and select Fill and,
>   enter the P, and the change is made. 
>   Does anyone know what this message means or why this
>   is not working in a procedure?

If the quotes are exactly as you have them above, then

"Field P"

is not a command that makes the P field active. It's an implicit assignment. It will attempt to put that text into whatever cell happens to be active at the moment. If that happens to be a number field then either the implicit assignment or the fill command that follows might be causing that statement.

Change the command to

Field "P"

or to

Field P

and see if that fixes it.

Dave